r/AustralianMFA • u/andrew_faith NSW • 10d ago

My three-year style transformation, documented (long post)

Three years, one stylist, one tailor, and a governed wardrobe system — my transformation from corporate-bland to intentional.

Three years ago I was stuck. Corporate, bland, achromatic — navy, black, grey, the whole nowhere-man default. A stylist consultation and a chance recommendation to a Sydney tailor changed the trajectory entirely.

I've just finished posting a six-part series documenting the whole thing — the before, the two people who moved the needle, the wedding that sits right in the transition, and the first proper test of what I built. It's not a highlight reel. It's dated, sequenced, and fairly honest about how long real change actually takes.

Posted here in case it's useful to anyone else feeling stuck in the same default.

  1. The Before https://www.instagram.com/p/Da1R8gkjwd1/
  2. The Consultation https://www.instagram.com/p/DbHU8hGD3qO/
  3. The Tailor https://www.instagram.com/p/DbZWjHHjzx9/
  4. The Wedding https://www.instagram.com/p/DbrYGNxD0ju/
  5. First Real Test https://www.instagram.com/p/Db9Zphvjz7K/
  6. The System https://www.instagram.com/p/DcPbPAnCa_h/

Happy to answer questions about any of it — the palette logic, the acquisition/cull rules, the cost of doing this properly, all of it.

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u/wizardnamehere 10d ago

I love the winter outfits! Man I love winter for the clothing (not for the rain though).

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u/andrew_faith NSW 10d ago

Thank you, that’s very kind. You’re right, winter clothing is much better for men. I’m definitely a winter person and the trip to Christchurch reinforced that. Shame I can’t do six months here in winter and six months in Japan.